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Some small editorialization on the protocol documentation for GSSAPI/SSPI

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.72 2008/01/15 22:18:20 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.73 2008/02/08 18:18:05 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
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For all authentication methods except GSSAPI and SSPI, there is at most
one request and one response. In some methods, no response
at all is needed from the frontend, and so no authentication request
occurs. For GSSAPI and SSPI, multiple iterations of packets may be needed to
complete the authentication.
occurs. For GSSAPI and SSPI, multiple exchanges of packets may be needed
to complete the authentication.
</para>
<para>
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or a previous AuthenticationGSSContinue). If the GSSAPI
or SSPI data in this message
indicates more data is needed to complete the authentication,
the frontend must send this data as another PasswordMessage. If
GSSAPI authentication is completed by this message, the server
will also send AuthenticationOk to indicate successful authentication
the frontend must send that data as another PasswordMessage. If
GSSAPI or SSPI authentication is completed by this message, the server
will next send AuthenticationOk to indicate successful authentication
or ErrorResponse to indicate failure.
</para>
</listitem>
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies that this message contains GSSAPI data.
Specifies that this message contains GSSAPI or SSPI data.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<listitem>
<para>
Identifies the message as a password response. Note that
this is also used by GSSAPI response messages.
this is also used for GSSAPI and SSPI response messages
(which is really a design error, since the contained data
is not a null-terminated string in that case, but can be
arbitrary binary data).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>